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Monday, 5 November 2018

November Workshop

Saturday 20th October saw Marilyn at the Manchester Artists Book Fair,
which started at 11 and went on until 7, although she wimped out at
6.30pm! Cath came along for the first hour or so and helped set up. The
venue was a new one for the fair and was...interesting! Usually a cafe
with books, it had 20 tables closely packed in, but unfortunately it was
dark inside, in fact too dark to see some of the writing in the books
clearly which was a shame. This has been reported to the organisers.
Footfall was lower than usual for Manchester, but a big protest march in
the adjacent square and a Manchester City home game didn’t help. She
still managed to sell a few books, and it was great as always to see
other book makers, some familiar faces and some not. And talking of
familiar faces, who was this that Marilyn bumped into right outside the
venue?

Yes, just as we thought Eric was safely tucked up in Aus , he reappeared
in Manchester! The sad reason for this is a relapse in terms of his
father-in-law’s health, but it was great to see him again and he hopes
to be at our November meeting before making another bid for freedom!

November meeting, Saturday November 3rd, meeting room 2 in Liverpool Central LibraryWe shall have Elizabeth Willow with us to take us through a codex
binding, a really useful binding method and very ancient indeed. Many of
you will remember Elizabeth from last November, and we’re delighted she
can rejoin us this year. Elizabeth has asked that you bring the
following items:

cutting board, knives, ruler, pencil, needles if you
have them, scissors and awl. She will generously supply the paper.CRAFT PAPER

*Please note that Chris will be bringing along some mulberry papers for
sale, many at very reasonable prices, so bring your purses. Cash only
sales please.There are a lot of large sheets, some embroidered and some with leaves
in,(none more than £2.50) and some assorted A5 & A6 packs along with
4 covered A4 boxes full of various sizes which would be good for a
crafty gift. (7.50)